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Summary Israel said on Monday it has severed contact with U.N. Human Rights Council.
The announcement came after UN launched last week an international investigation into Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.The decision, announced by a Foreign Ministry spokesman, meant that the fact-finding team the council planned to send to the West Bank will not be allowed to enter the territory or Israel, said the spokesman, Yigal Palmor.We are not working with them any more, Palmor said about the Geneva-based forum. We had been participating in meetings, discussions, arranging visits to Israel. All that is over.The international investigation was launched on Thursday, with the United States isolated in voting against the initiative brought by the Palestinian Authority.Israels decision to sever ties with the UN Human Rights Council over a probe on Israeli settlements is most regrettable, the head of the 47-state body said.Laura Dupuy Lasserre said she has not received official confirmation of Israels decision, but if it is indeed the case, this would be most regrettable. It was in Israels interest to cooperate with the council on the investigation, she added.
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